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Jolie, Pitt Come to HBO's Aid

Post by: Sal

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are joining professional forces for their first project together as producers, with HBO the beneficiary of their work.

The couple will executive produce an untitled drama about an international aid organization, focusing on both political maneuvering at the top and the struggles of aid workers on the ground. Scott Burns, a co-writer of "The Bourne Ultimatum," will write the script and also serve as an exec producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Jolie has been in this territory as an actress before, starring in the 2003 movie "Beyond Borders." Both she and Pitt are also active in humanitarian causes; their eponymous foundation supports groups such as Doctors Without Borders, and Jolie has been a United Nations goodwill ambassador for the past several years.

Pitt is currently starring in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and has several movie projects on deck. As a producer, he's teaming with "Fight Club" co-star Edward Norton for the HBO miniseries "Undaunted Courage," based on Stephen Ambrose's book about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Jolie starred in "A Mighty Heart" (for which Pitt was a producer) earlier this year and will next be seen (in animated form) in "Beowulf," which hits theaters in November.


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Sal